Bobbie, have you ever used your backup system? It sounds like you have had some exciting adventures!
Larry Willis Retired and proud of it Begin forwarded message: > From: Gmail <[email protected]> > Date: March 30, 2015 at 5:13:24 PM EDT > To: Larry Willis <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Cushions > > Me too. I have the back-up steering. Bobbie > > Smile Everyday > >> On Mar 30, 2015, at 12:40 PM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The van I have now, a Ford E150, has backup steering and brakes, a switch >> and button mounted on the door. I don't know if they actually work as I have >> never had to use them. They do come on when pressed, so that's a good sign. >> Hope I never need them. >> >> Larry Willis >> Retired and proud of it >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> Resent-From: [email protected] >>> From: [email protected] >>> Date: March 30, 2015 at 11:38:39 AM EDT >>> To: [email protected], [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Cushions >>> >>> y'all are scaring me! the only back-up i have on my van is for the 0-effort >>> steering. it has a button to push should something happen to that for >>> whatever reason. should i have a back up system on hand controls or check >>> the brand? other than that, it's a 07 caravan with EZ-locks. >>> Ive had two situations in my van that were crazy.One time I pressed down on >>> the monarch hand control from a stop light and the accelerator got stuck at >>> 85 percent throttle. The other time I was coming down a hill and the engine >>> died, the people that installed my hand controls never accounted for the >>> engine being off when you apply the brake using the hand control. Because I >>> had to press much harder because the engine died there wasn't enough travel >>> for the control and the control was hitting the dashboard and I couldn't >>> stop. I quickly put the emergency brake on, then pressed as hard as I could >>> on the hand control bending the plastic on the dash. I was able to get >>> about 60 percent brake control and the added help from the emergency brake >>> to be able to top just short of a pole. I mean only 20 feet to spare. >>> >>> Ron >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> >>> To: Quad-list Post <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sun, Mar 29, 2015 8:15 pm >>> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Cushions >>> >>> Ive had two situations in my van that were crazy.One time I pressed down on >>> the monarch hand control from a stop light and the accelerator got stuck at >>> 85 percent throttle. The other time I was coming down a hill and the engine >>> died, the people that installed my hand controls never accounted for the >>> engine being off when you apply the brake using the hand control. Because I >>> had to press much harder because the engine died there wasn't enough travel >>> for the control and the control was hitting the dashboard and I couldn't >>> stop. I quickly put the emergency brake on, then pressed as hard as I could >>> on the hand control bending the plastic on the dash. I was able to get >>> about 60 percent brake control and the added help from the emergency brake >>> to be able to top just short of a pole. I mean only 20 feet to spare. >>> >>> Ron >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, March 29, 2015 2:47 PM, Joan Anglin <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> WOW, and I thought that breaking my leg when my chair brakes failed was >>> traumatic! But here you are still contributing to this group, thank >>> goodness. >>> Glad that you made it through what had to have been a miserable time of >>> your life. Joan >>> >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 10:17 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Cushions >>> >>> Back in the nineties I bought a brand new Caravan, an IMS conversion. The >>> tie-down was a floor-post with the latch on the chair. In the first month >>> it released me twice without cause. Fortunately I was going slow and able >>> to stop both times. Until.... On July 14 I backed out of my parents drive. >>> I pulled it into drive and pulled back on the accelerator. The van lurched >>> forward....and my tie-down released. The van picked up speed and I went >>> rolling helplessly to the back of the van. I left the road, jumped a ditch, >>> and hit a large tree head-on at 45 mph. I was thrown forward violently and >>> jammed under the dashboard. The van was totaled. It took EMT nearly three >>> hours to get me out. My chair was bent like a pretzel, my legs broke and >>> knees shattered, concussion and internal bleeding. The docs wanted to >>> amputate my legs but I refused. Today they stay bent and spastic and make >>> me miserable. I should have let them cut. Anyway, that's how I broke my >>> legs. >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> Resent-From: [email protected] >>> From: Larry Willis < [email protected]> >>> Date: March 28, 2015 at 10:34:02 PM EDT >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Cushions >>> Hit a tree in my van. I'll fill in the details tomorrow. >>> >>> Larry Willis >>> Retired and proud of it >>> >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> Resent-From: [email protected] >>> From: RONALD L PRACHT < [email protected]> >>> Date: March 28, 2015 at 8:53:11 PM EDT >>> To: Quad-list Post < [email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Cushions >>> Reply-To: RONALD L PRACHT < [email protected]> >>> How did you break your legs Larry? I would like to hear the >>> story............................. >>> >>> Ron >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, March 28, 2015 7:37 PM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> For the first 25 years of my quad life I used a simple ten dollar >>> inflatable cushion....or nothing. I never had even a hint of a sore. Then I >>> broke both legs and had to wear casts for six months. The lousy things >>> created awful sores on my heels, ankles, knees, everywhere the cast touched >>> with any pressure. It was like that opened the floodgates. I have fought >>> sores constantly since then. They simply will not heal. I have three right >>> now -- on my butt, hip, and ankle. Had them for over five years. I have >>> resigned to take them with me to the grave. I am near 63 years old; can't >>> be that much longer. >>> >>> Larry Willis >>> Retired and proud of it >>> >>> >>>
